KNLA's 2019 Summer Outing

Thank you so much for those of you that came from near and far for our Annual Summer Outing held at The Gheens Foundation Lodge in the Parklands. This year, we tried something new and included demonstrations in our day of learning. CEU credits were once again provided for both classroom instructional time as well as hands-on learning time outdoors with the demonstration specialists. In all things, when trying something new, there are lessons learned and things you might tweak and/or do a little differently. However, a great time was had by everyone who came. New friends were made, old friends got reacquainted, and new business relationships were formed. This is the point of attending a trade show these days — to build relationships and see new and inventive products and practices!

Another new idea was hosting a dinner/happy hour for our presenters and exhibitors the night before the event. It was a blast and we had quite the showing. Thank you to Michael Mueller from Inside Out Design and Patrick Carey from Riverfarm for hosting such a fun night! We think this is something we will definitely continue.

One photo that really summed up the way we all attend these special days is above. It isn’t very often when all of these guys are able to get around a table and talk plants… for hours!

We would like to thank our presenters for coming to WOW us with new information and keep us in the loop with new practices in the industry. I’d also like to thank our sponsors for helping us to put on such a fun and productive day.